Facelift 2018/2019 Facelift Grill question

Tried searching but the question is rather specific to the short lived pre facelift facelift.

Looking to purchase a black RS style grill or just a black edition grill but unsure if the pre facelift bumper / grill ( for which all of the grills for sale were designed to fit) has the same fittings and grill size as my 2019 model

Has anyone replaced a grill on this before ? And can I just use a pre facelift one ?

I know logically it would have been daft for Audi to change the grill fittings and size but it was daft to have a facelift before the proper facelift also !

I like it all except the V6T being in black, which somehow doesn't appeal to me - thinking about change my front and rear Audi Rings and the rear S4 badge to Black. Were yours (the rear) an exact size match for the originals?

Like the grill but the crash bar needs sprayed black. It would bug me. Rattle cans of pvc spray

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The silver crash bar is interesting - You can see that at each end of the crash bar appears to be darker, this is because of dark grey polystyrene pieces that sit between the grill and the crash bar, shame Audi didn't make them full width then no need to re-paint or plasticoat !!

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Covid-19 has got me working shifts so I have the afternoons free. With the weather so nice (and nowhere to go) I decided to bite the bullet and swap this grill over on my 2019 B9.25 pre facelift facelift

Covid-19 has got me working shifts so I have the afternoons free. With the weather so nice (and nowhere to go) I decided to bite the bullet and swap this grill over on my 2019 B9.25 pre facelift facelift

I followed the YouTube video below for the removal of the bumper and the grill.

Facelift had some very minor differences eg. The bonnet catch has an indent section at the back which you need to push in to release and remove. The video says just to pull up.

You need to be brave when pulling the sides of the bumper outwards as they need a good tug after removing the push pin inside and the T30 towards the front under the headlights (explained in the video)

Audi really know how to turn a half hour job into whole afternoon. So many things to relive before you can even get the old grill off !

RS style Grill advertised for a 2016 fitted just right with a little persuasion and crossed fingers.

I followed the YouTube video below for the removal of the bumper and the grill.

Facelift had some very minor differences eg. The bonnet catch has an indent section at the back which you need to push in to release and remove. The video says just to pull up.

You need to be brave when pulling the sides of the bumper outwards as they need a good tug after removing the push pin inside and the T30 towards the front under the headlights (explained in the video)

Audi really know how to turn a half hour job into whole afternoon. So many things to relive before you can even get the old grill off !

RS style Grill advertised for a 2016 fitted just right with a little persuasion and crossed fingers.

The grill had holes for my parking sensors so I had to hack up one of the original brackets for it to fit in the smaller space on the RS grill. The manufacturer kindly included one of the two required brackets so used that for the other side. Only problem is, my sensors are grey so I’ll need to wrap them gloss black at some point.

I followed the YouTube video below for the removal of the bumper and the grill.

Facelift had some very minor differences eg. The bonnet catch has an indent section at the back which you need to push in to release and remove. The video says just to pull up.

You need to be brave when pulling the sides of the bumper outwards as they need a good tug after removing the push pin inside and the T30 towards the front under the headlights (explained in the video)

Audi really know how to turn a half hour job into whole afternoon. So many things to relive before you can even get the old grill off !

RS style Grill advertised for a 2016 fitted just right with a little persuasion and crossed fingers.

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How did you find the sensor mounting and what are you going to do for a front plate solution?

How did you find the sensor mounting and what are you going to do for a front plate solution?

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I mentioned the sensors above. They weren’t as difficult as I thought, no errors after disconnecting and refitting them so far also.

I have some “push locks” which I still need to fit to my number plate. Hoping to get away with running with no plate on the way to work and back tomorrow. I’ll sort them out and get some pics with the push locks fitted tomorrow afternoon

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